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Synopsis
Excerpt from The Cincinnati Medical News, 1891, Vol. 24
Certain phenomena such as the following were observed: A man sitting quietly cutting some tobacco was told to throw it in a tone of command. He immediately threw the knife, ejaculating Throw it. Two of them, while standing close to each other, were told to strike. Immediately each struck the other a sharp blow, and repeated the command to strike. A cook on board a vessel, while holding a plate of beans, was told to drop it, which he immediately did, say ing as he did so, drop it. Dr. Beard noticed that while the victims always did as told, yet there was usually an evi dent resistance, as they always turned pale and their repeti tion of the commands was uttered in a voice indicating pain. These people, according to the same observer, though not bright mentally, were far from being imbeciles.
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